New York, the L, 1937, printed 1970s

Not on View

Medium

gelatin silver print

Dimensions

image: 24.77 × 16.83 cm (9 3/4 × 6 5/8 in.)

sheet: 25.4 × 20.32 cm (10 × 8 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Rogovin)

Accession Number

2015.19.4235

Artists / Makers

André Kertész (artist) American, born Hungary, 1894 - 1985

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Inscription

on verso, signed by artist, upper center in graphite: A Kertész; by unknown hand, bottom left: New York, The L 1937; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right: 1981.112.6

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Rogovin, Washington, DC; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (through Susan Harder c/o Kertesz Estate, New York), 1981; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Corcoran Gallery of Art

Exhibition History

1982: Recent Acquisitions: Photography, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, October 1 – November 14, 1982

2007: Modernism: Designing a New World 1914–1939, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, March 17–July 29, 2007